Rehabilitation
At Home Rehabilitation Exercises
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17- Number Sequences
LEVEL 1 - Ask the student to say or write the numbers 1 to 10 in sequence. If this is too difficult, present the 10 numbers written on individual squares of paper and ask the student to order the numbers by sight. Repeat several times, increasing the number span if the student succeeds. You could also use the alphabet, days of the week, and months of the year for sequencing in this manner.
LEVEL 2 - Ask the student to count by odd or even numbers or by 10’s. Begin by providing the initial four digits in the sequence, either written or spoken. Repeat several times, alternating the directions (odd versus even) and the starting point.
LEVEL 3 - Provide the student with the first four digits of a sequence in which a set number is added or subtracted each time (for example: 3__7__11_15). Tell the student what is to be done (for example: “Add 4 to each number to get the next number in the sequence). Repeat and change the number and indicate if it is to be added or subtracted each time.
LEVEL 4 - Do the same as above but this time don’t tell the student what operation to perform (i.e., don’t tell them what is to be subtracted or added). This requires the student to figure out what has to be done.
LEVEL 5 - Add multiplication to the operations that can be done. Create new and more challenging sequences (such as successive square numbers: 1, 4, 9, 16).
LEVEL 6 - Create a pattern of arithmetic operations, such as adding 6, then subtracting 4 (6, 2, 8, 4) which the student is to identify and continue.
Taken from Tasks for Home-Based Cognitive Stimulation Program, the Traumatic Brain Injury Model System at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Dept. of P M & R, Birmingham, AL. © 1998-2003 University of Alabama at Birmingham